Standard (EADGBE)

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Chords used:

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Intro

x4

Verse 1

Standing knee deep in cold water

swiftly moving somehow I

knew I'd lost something

Interlude

x2

Verse 2

Wading waist deep I saw a book there in

the river waiting for me to find it there

I tried to read it neck deep treading water

but the tide it pulled me out to sea

Chorus 1

Then with water in my eyes the words

began to rise from their place

They were beautiful and dread

I reached for them and fed on each phrase

They were honey on my lips but

then a bitter twist in my side

I knew they'd lay me in my grave

"Is there no one who can save me?" I cried

Post Chorus: x2

Verse 3

Sinking down deep

through cold water

heavy silence shadows

stirring in the gloom

What things that lay

sleeping down deep in

the darkness woke then

to find me in that tomb?

Chorus 2

Then with water in my eyes the words

began to rise from their place

They were beautiful and dread

I reached for them and fed on each phrase

They were honey on my lips but

then a bitter twist in my side

I knew they'd lay me in my grave

"Is there no one who can save me?" I cried

Bridge

And when I lost all hope to look

someone took that heavy

book from my hands all

its weight they set aside after

they had satisfied its demands

I felt white and black reverse

and the lifting a curse from my heart

Then like one receiving sight

I beheld a brilliant light in the dark

Outro

x3, (hold)